1965 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1965 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses.

1965 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record94–68 (.580)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)Hank Bauer
Local televisionWJZ-TV
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10260 0.630 — 51–30 51–30
Chicago White Sox 9567 0.586 7 48–33 47–34
Baltimore Orioles 9468 0.580 8 46–33 48–35
Detroit Tigers 8973 0.549 13 47–34 42–39
Cleveland Indians 8775 0.537 15 52–30 35–45
New York Yankees 7785 0.475 25 40–43 37–42
Los Angeles/California Angels 7587 0.463 27 46–34 29–53
Washington Senators 7092 0.432 32 36–45 34–47
Boston Red Sox 62100 0.383 40 34–47 28–53
Kansas City Athletics 59103 0.364 43 33–48 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1965 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA/
CAL		 MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —11–79–910–811–711–713–58–1013–58–10
Boston 7–11—4–148–106–1211–75–131–179–911–7
Chicago 9–914–4—10–89–913–512–67–118–1013–5
Cleveland 8–1010–88–10—9–99–99–911–712–611–7
Detroit 7–1112–69–99–9—13–510–88–1010–811–7
Kansas City 7–117–115–139–95–13—5–138–107–116–12
Los Angeles/California 5–1313–56–129–98–1013–5—9–96–126–12
Minnesota 10–817–111–77–1110–810–89–9—13–515–3
New York 5–139–910–86–128–1011–712–65–13—11–7
Washington 10–87–115–137–117–1112–612–63–157–11—

NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.

Notable transactions

Roster
1965 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDick Brown9625559.231530
1BBoog Powell144472117.2481772
2BJerry Adair157582151.259766
3BBrooks Robinson144559166.2971880
SSLuis Aparicio144564127.225840
LFRuss Snyder13234593.270129
CFPaul Blair11936485.234525
RFCurt Blefary144462120.2602270

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Norm Siebern10629776.256832
Jackie Brandt9624359.243824
Bob Johnson8727366.242527
Sam Bowens8420333.163720
John Orsino7723254.233928
Charley Lau6813239.295218
Davey Johnson20478.170111
Mark Belanger1131.33300
Carl Warwick9140.00000
Andy Etchebarren561.16714

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Milt Pappas34221.11392.60127
Steve Barber37220.215102.69130
Dave McNally35198.21162.85116
Wally Bunker341891083.3884
Robin Roberts20114.2573.3763
John Miller1693.1643.7271

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Palmer2792543.7275
Darold Knowles514.2019.2012
Frank Bertaina26006.005

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stu Miller67147241.89104
Dick Hall48118123.0779
Don Larsen271212.6740
Harvey Haddix243213.4821
Ken Rowe60003.383
Ed Barnowski40002.086
Herm Starrette40001.003

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Darrell Johnson
AA Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Earl Weaver
A Stockton Ports California League Harry Malmberg
A Fox Cities Foxes Midwest League Billy DeMars
A Tri-City Atoms Northwest League Cal Ripken Sr.
A-Short Season Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Ray Rippelmeyer
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Jim Frey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton, Tri-City

Notes
  1. Merv Rettenmund page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bob Saverine page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
  4. Lowell Palmer transactions at Baseball-Reference
  5. Carl Warwick transactions at Baseball-Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1965 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1965 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
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